To wait for this opportunity, Anbu had been lying in ambush within the barrier for over ten days.
When all the forces within Uzushiogakure were at their weakest, when both sides were severely wounded, the Anbu charged down.
Beneath his mask, Night Light frowned.
The old scoundrel Danzo hadn't led the charge, instead shrinking back to the very rear.
No wonder Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage didn't let Danzo become Hokage; his Fire Will was too poor, not knowing how to sacrifice for his comrades, only knowing how to send them to test for information while he reaped the rewards at the end.
The first to charge was Captain Yellow Dog, which put Night Light in a very forward position.
This night was so long, and the Vortex Ninja finally saw the Konoha people!
From their perspective, it was as if the Konoha Ninja had just crossed the mountain and were charging down from it.
Inside the shrine, the elderly and infirm cried with red eyes, finally having waited for Konoha's reinforcements.
After watching for a while, they realized there were only a few Konoha Ninja, just as they had initially seen.
Where are the others?
Why did so few people come? Shouldn't there be thousands of Konoha Ninja, fighting a large-scale battle with the Kirigakure and Cloud Ninja allied forces?
Night Light followed Captain Yellow Dog into Uzushiogakure; the ground was littered with dead bodies.
Some died from suffocation in Water Prison Jutsu, some from Cloud Ninja's Ninja swords, and others from Kirigakure's Water Release.
Passing by a wall, Night Light saw a paper-thin person.
It was a civilian who had been flattened into a meat patty by the pressure of Water Release.
Their head was a flat oval, their front chest pressed against their back, and broken rib fragments protruded from their side.
It was a very powerful Water Release Ninjutsu, with an extremely solidified Water Release form, similar to Water Dragon Jutsu.
Many of the surrounding houses had their roofs burned off, but the ground nearby was particularly damp, with mud left by Water Release.
Arson on one side, Water Release on the other, an immense chaos.
As he charged through the central river, Night Light turned his head to look in the direction of the Third Mizukage.
The Mizukage was dead, and three Kirigakure Squads guarded his corpse.
As for the Whirlpool Clan Leader's body, it was nailed to a ship's hull by Kirigakure, a deeply humiliating act.
To fall behind is to be beaten, to be weak is to be humiliated.
A Konoha Squad charged towards the Mizukage's corpse, intending to clear out the Kirigakure Squad and seize the Mizukage's body.
Secrets of that powerful secret technique might be found on the Mizukage's corpse.
The Whirlpool Clan Leader's body was also valuable; perhaps the secrets of the Uzumaki sealing jutsu could be found.
Everywhere he looked, flesh and blood turned into gore; it was too horrifying.
Night Light followed Squad Leader Black Gorilla, continuing to charge forward.
Upon reaching the north bank, the number of dead Vortex Ninja bodies on the ground increased.
These Vortex Ninja, like the Konoha Ninja, had the Vortex emblem on their backs.
So many red-haired individuals, all dead here. The Uzumaki Clan was a major clan in Vortex Country, having proliferated into thousands of people.
Konoha ANBU had already reached the north bank, but Kirigakure hadn't reacted, still frantically hunting down the Vortex Ninja.
Seeing this, the Cloud Ninja quickly changed direction, guarding against the Konoha Ninja and protecting their rear.
Captain Yellow Dog immediately formed hand signs and unleashed a massive Fire Release.
A colossal fire orb engulfed over a dozen buildings.
With this kind of Fire Release, Night Light suspected Captain Yellow Dog was from the Sarutobi Clan.
The Cloud Ninja in the middle leaped, desperately dodging the Fire Release.
The two ANBU Squads on either side circled around and engaged, preventing the Cloud Ninja from focusing on the Yellow Dog Squad.
The Yellow Dog Squad continued to charge forward, following the fire orb, passing through the middle of the Cloud Ninja.
Night Light observed left and right; their speed was too fast, they had penetrated deep behind enemy lines.
Soon, the Yellow Dog Squad charged into the gap between the Cloud Ninja and Kirigakure.
Kirigakure still relentlessly slaughtered the Vortex Ninja, only wanting to avenge the Mizukage.
This allowed the Yellow Dog Squad to quickly approach the Four Violet Flames Formation.
"Fox! Cover the rear!"
Hearing Black Gorilla's command, Night Light had no choice but to slow down, falling to the very end of the Squad.
The Cloud Ninja behind him were hot on his heels.
Relying on his decent swordsmanship, Night Light could always discern their movements and react when the Cloud Ninja attacked.
After cutting down two Cloud Ninja consecutively, Night Light's performance attracted the attention of a Squad Leader.
He hadn't expected Konoha to have a Ninja with such solid fundamental swordsmanship.
The Cloud Ninja Squad Leader suddenly charged, bringing his blade down in a cleave.
Seeing this, Night Light quickly raised his blade to block.
However, the expected clang of metal did not come.
The Cloud Ninja's shoulder, elbow, and wrist twisted with extreme speed, transforming the downward cleave into a horizontal slash!
Night Light's abdomen contracted.
His iron vest was cut open, and the flesh of his abdomen was sliced!
Blood flowed from his lower abdomen, and his abdominal muscles were also severed.
What terrifying swordsmanship.
This Cloud Ninja Squad Leader's blade was extremely bizarre.
It was no longer an entry-level swordsmanship; he had mastered some powerful technique.
The Cloud Ninja Squad Leader swept horizontally again.
Night Light quickly raised his Ninja blade to block.
Once again, the Cloud Ninja's joints and muscles forcibly altered the Ninja blade's trajectory, changing from a horizontal sweep to a downward thrust.
Night Light's thigh was pierced, blood gushing out, spraying over a meter.
After three consecutive attacks and defenses, Night Light tragically realized that he couldn't even touch the Cloud Ninja's blade.
Until the very last time, his throat was pierced, and Night Light died on the rooftop.
Lying face up, his waist propped against the roof ridge, Night Light saw an inverted world.
The shattered Uzushiogakure, the precarious Four Violet Flames Formation, and the bodies of all ages in the streets...
He was a corpse now too...
Danzo walked leisurely down the street, completely oblivious to the Anbu subordinate wearing a fox mask who had just died to his side.
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His vision went black, then shifted. The full moon shone into Night Light's eyes, and his gaze changed from chaotic to clear.
His consciousness returned, and Night Light was back inside the hidden barrier on the mountaintop not far from Uzushiogakure.
In the previous life, he had been ambushed for nearly ten days, only to be cut down by the Cloud Ninja Squad Leader within seconds during the final charge.
Moon Viewing Arc activated!
The host has one resurrection chance per month. After death, you will revive on the previous full moon night.
Reward one lottery chance:
1 - Lightning Release Chakra;
2 - Chunin-level Chakra (stackable);
3 - Cloud Style Swordsmanship (Entry).
Lightning Release Chakra was out of the question; the remaining two options were very tempting.
Chunin-level Chakra was what Night Light urgently needed now.
If he could obtain Chunin-level Chakra, the battle would be much smoother.
Cloud Style Swordsmanship... Night Light remembered it being mentioned in the original work, a swordsmanship used by Omoi, primarily based on deception.
When the Cloud Ninja killed him in his previous life, Night Light couldn't even touch the Cloud Ninja's blade; every strike was solidly met with his flesh and blood.
After much deliberation, Night Light still chose Cloud Style Swordsmanship.
In an instant, Night Light mastered this swordsmanship.
He was currently lying on the ground, observing Uzushiogakure with binoculars, and his entire body's muscles and joints underwent a change.
Cloud Style Swordsmanship, as Night Light had guessed, was a set of special blade-wielding techniques.
During the swing of the blade, the waist, shoulders, elbows, and wrists twist, changing the trajectory of the swing, deceiving the opponent, avoiding the opponent's blocks, and hitting the enemy's weak points.
When practiced to the extreme, the arms would flow and stretch like clouds, hence it was named Cloud Style Swordsmanship by the Cloud Ninja.
With this swordsmanship, at the very least, he wouldn't die so quickly on the battlefield.
Learning this set of swordsmanship made Night Light's joints much more flexible.